初二年级英语课文 Module 9 Heroes

初二年级英语课文 Module 9 Heroes

　　Unit 1

　　Tony: Not bad for school orchestra! And Sally is really good at the violin.

　　Betty: Yes, theyre fantastic! But the last piece is coming up. Im looking forward to this!

　　Tony: the dance music? Is Sally going to play this piece?

　　Betty: No, she missed the final practice so that Kylie could play this piece of music on her own. She said her hand hurt, but that was only an excuse.

　　Daming: Why did she do that?

　　Betty: I imagine that she did it so that Kylie could avoid problems with her parents. Maybe shes just trying to help Kylie. It was very brave of her.

　　Daming: I agree. It was a very kind thought.

　　Betty: Ssh! Theyre staring to play, so be quiet!

　　Tony: But look!

　　Lingling: Hi, everyone. Sorry Im late.

　　Tony: Look! what are Kylie and Sally doing?

　　Lingling: Theyre standing up because theyre both going to play.

　　Betty: What happened?

　　Lingling: Their teacher asked Kylie what was really wrong with Sally. Kylie knew why Sally missed the final practice, so she asked their teacher to rewrite the final dance music so that two people could play it.

　　Tony: Now theyre both going to be stars tonight on Starsearch!

　　Lingling: And I bet Sally wins, because shes the hero tonight!

　　Unit 2

　　My hero - Dr Norman Bethune

　　Norman Bethune is one of Chinas most famous heroes, but he wasnt Chinese -he was Canadian. He gave his life to helping the Chinese people.

　　Norman Bethune was born in 1890. He became a doctor in 1916, and he went to the front to look after injured soldiers in the First World War. He saw many soldiers die in the war. Later he invented new treatments to help soldiers, and medical tools to use outside hospitals.

　　In 1938 he came to China to treat the Chinese soldiers in the mountains north of Yanan. There were few doctors, so he had to work very hard. He opened hospitals to give treatment to local people and soldiers, and to train doctors and nurses. He also wrote books so that doctors could learn about new treatments.

　　Dr Bethune worked very hard without stopping to rest. Once, he performed operations for 69 hours without stopping, and saved 112 people. He continued working in spite of cutting his hand during an operation. In the end, he died because he did not stop to take care of his hand.

　　Dr Bethunes work with the Chinese soldiers made him a hero in China. There are books and films about him, and he is still remembered in both Canada and China.